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and i think he mentioned the steps the united states has taken in the past and was in saying this is something we're forecasting the future. but it is obviously something that we have in our toolbox, now that we're out here building that particular tool at this particular time. so our focus and the reason why senator mitchell is in the region, in europe this week and he will meet with israeli officials while in europe, have other meetings as we go forward expressly to continue to push with the parties and all who are supporting this process to get the negotiations restarted as quickly as possible, as he outlined in the charlie rose interview and in other cases. put all the issues on the table and see if we can move toward comprehensive peace in the middle east and this was simply george mitchell, contained on a matter of history. >> any reaction to the plan to build a wall in the gaza egypt border? israel's announcement they will build a wall? >> i'm not familiar with eds. >> and venezuela. i believe there was a meeting between the u.s. officials working at the u.s. embassy in caraca
and i think he mentioned the steps the united states has taken in the past and was in saying this is something we're forecasting the future. but it is obviously something that we have in our toolbox, now that we're out here building that particular tool at this particular time. so our focus and the reason why senator mitchell is in the region, in europe this week and he will meet with israeli officials while in europe, have other meetings as we go forward expressly to continue to push with the...
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for every dollar that we spend combating healthcare fraud we're able to return $4 to the united states treasury and to american taxpayers. fourth, our agencies will continue to work with congress to identify and to pursue the legislative and regulatory reforms necessary to prevent, deter and prosecute healthcare fraud. now, these reforms range from removing barriers that impede information-sharing to increasing sanctions and penalties. and finally, the department will continue to engage the private sector in our antifraud efforts. we'll seek out guidance from representatives of the insurance industry and the healthcare-provider community, many of whom who are with us here today. we know that the vast majority -- the vast majority of those who work in the healthcare industry are honest people who want to help patients, who want to follow the law. but we also know that a few bad actors have created an industry-wide problem. you all have a critical role to play in helping us to encourage good behavior, bring waste and abuse to light and to hold criminals accountable. so long as healthcare
for every dollar that we spend combating healthcare fraud we're able to return $4 to the united states treasury and to american taxpayers. fourth, our agencies will continue to work with congress to identify and to pursue the legislative and regulatory reforms necessary to prevent, deter and prosecute healthcare fraud. now, these reforms range from removing barriers that impede information-sharing to increasing sanctions and penalties. and finally, the department will continue to engage the...
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and i wanted -- as i said i wanted the united states to win. so if it was a story during the cuban missile crisis in which i could write that the soviet union was aggressively pursuing an anti-american policy, i would do that without too much thought. but supposing the evidence ran the other way. supposing the evidence were that the united states was pursuing a policy, anti-soviet, that really went over the line, would i have done the same thing, would i have reported it the same way? probably, i'm not sure. and this is an issue that has been in my mind over the years, in recent years, because i'm right now in the midst of writing a book how american presidents viewed the vietnam war, during the war and since the war, how they viewed the legacy of the vietnam war. and we see that in president obama's handling of afghanistan. he had vietnam in mind. and so i find the book filled with salient points and interesting as heck, but it forced me again to think back to those early days of truman and eisenhower and kennedy and johnson. and was i being a
and i wanted -- as i said i wanted the united states to win. so if it was a story during the cuban missile crisis in which i could write that the soviet union was aggressively pursuing an anti-american policy, i would do that without too much thought. but supposing the evidence ran the other way. supposing the evidence were that the united states was pursuing a policy, anti-soviet, that really went over the line, would i have done the same thing, would i have reported it the same way? probably,...
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the united states senate. it takes 60% of the house of representatives and the president reserves and preserves his ability to veto. so anybody that says this is somehow unconstitutional, it is fully constitutional. anybody who says we're farming out the responsibility to come up with a plan, that's what we always do. we always have committees come up with plans that then come to a vote of the congress. and if you look at fiscal crises, as the one that we're in today and the one that's rapidly approaching, that will be far more serious than the one today, we have always had a special process. whether it was andrews air force base in the 1990's or the greenspan commission in the 1980's, we have repeatedly, when we faced fiscal crisis, resorted to a special procedure. the bipartisan fiscal task force, as i've indicated, requires a bipartisan outcome. 14 of the 18 task force members must agree to the recommendations. the final passage requires super majorities in both the senate and the house. mr. president, this
the united states senate. it takes 60% of the house of representatives and the president reserves and preserves his ability to veto. so anybody that says this is somehow unconstitutional, it is fully constitutional. anybody who says we're farming out the responsibility to come up with a plan, that's what we always do. we always have committees come up with plans that then come to a vote of the congress. and if you look at fiscal crises, as the one that we're in today and the one that's rapidly...
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she studied entrepreneurial activity in the united states. her paper is entitled investing in public school districts for allocation. the third up will be marty west. he's an assistant at the school for education. he also is on the journal "education next" as deputy director on the program of education policy and governance at harvard university. before joining the harvard fact illty, he taught the brown and was a research fellow at brookings institution. we will then have two substitutions. first up will be lily. he's an elementary teacher from utah who serves as vice president, the national education, association. she is one of the highest ranking labor leaders in the nation. and one of the hispanic educator s. and a she's a member of the white house strategy session on improving hispanic education. and last but not least, on a long day, is dwight jones, cross' commissioner of education since 2007. and in that role, twilight continues -- dwight continues as public education. he has refocused his efforts on serving and supporting the field.
she studied entrepreneurial activity in the united states. her paper is entitled investing in public school districts for allocation. the third up will be marty west. he's an assistant at the school for education. he also is on the journal "education next" as deputy director on the program of education policy and governance at harvard university. before joining the harvard fact illty, he taught the brown and was a research fellow at brookings institution. we will then have two...
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which are pending in the united states senate. that is a frustration of the members of the house who worked hard on those pieces of legislation covering broad sections of policy. i mentioned that george washington's theory and the founding father's theory was the senate was to perhaps cool the passions that may be enacted by a body elected every two years. of course, the senate was originally representatives of the states, not of the people. they're now directly elected, of course, starting in the last century. but what they have become very rapidly over the last few years -- and both parties have affected this, but over the last four years, republicans in the senate have grown this to historic proportions in terms of utilization of the filibuster. by geometric progression order of magnitude of the numbers of time cloture needs to be invoked or voted upon. americans are frustrated by that. the majority rules in america. it's one thing to have a considered process. it's another thing to have a broken process. and many of us believe
which are pending in the united states senate. that is a frustration of the members of the house who worked hard on those pieces of legislation covering broad sections of policy. i mentioned that george washington's theory and the founding father's theory was the senate was to perhaps cool the passions that may be enacted by a body elected every two years. of course, the senate was originally representatives of the states, not of the people. they're now directly elected, of course, starting in...
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because it has a system founded on different values from those of the united states? or flipping it around, is it fair to allies to create expectations that their contribution to an out of area challenge will always be higher than that of nonallies? i think these are some very practical questions that the project has raised as part of its effort to evaluate in specific terms that was mentioned in the joint statement. in some cases, the studies that we have commissioned also reveal that there are considerable asymmetries between the representative capacities of the united states and south korea to tackle some of the items on the international agenda. i think that to a certain extent although heejun didn't explicit didn't mention it, climate change is one and overseas development is another. but that doesn't mean there isn't a potential for limited cooperation in these areas in ways that re-enforce mutual interests. and so maybe the best way of illustrating that is to make some specific comments on each of the presentations. i think that the paper on climate change prov
because it has a system founded on different values from those of the united states? or flipping it around, is it fair to allies to create expectations that their contribution to an out of area challenge will always be higher than that of nonallies? i think these are some very practical questions that the project has raised as part of its effort to evaluate in specific terms that was mentioned in the joint statement. in some cases, the studies that we have commissioned also reveal that there...
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president, under the previous administration, we saw the debt of the united states double. they were basically handed -- they were handed a budget surplus, and they turned it into an enormous budget deficit. over the next eight years, sadly, with no work, if we do nothing, it is projected to double again. long-term projections vary, but it is clear that this course is not the course that we want to take. despite years of talk from both parties, little progress has been made, which is why i believe that to ensure the nation's future economic security, we need to establish a budget commission dedicated to examining this problemmed in detail and coming up with recommendations to address the long-term fiscal challenges of this country. and i don't want just to have, mr. president, a study that sits on a shelf. the american people deserve better than that. that's why i believe it is very important to have the statutory commission with an up-and-down vote on the recommendations of the commission. it has worked before for social security. and i believe that it will work here. i re
president, under the previous administration, we saw the debt of the united states double. they were basically handed -- they were handed a budget surplus, and they turned it into an enormous budget deficit. over the next eight years, sadly, with no work, if we do nothing, it is projected to double again. long-term projections vary, but it is clear that this course is not the course that we want to take. despite years of talk from both parties, little progress has been made, which is why i...
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but both in the united states and the united kingdom ultimately these decisions are taken by political leaders, by the president, by the prime minister and in the case of the united kingdom in this particular case, by the decision of the house of commons. >> yes. can i just ask -- 'cause you're in close touch from time to time with your exact opposite, donald rumsfeld, who was as it were the forward edge. did he understand our political constraints and conventions and the needs? >> very much so. and donald is a keen student of british politics and of the house of commons. and would from time to time surprise me by the fact that he had been watching events in the house of commons sometimes more assiduously than i have been and would make reference to what had been said and the debates that were taking place. so he was in no doubt of the -- of the constraints that we were under politically. >> by this stage, how good was the relationship? we're talking to them frequently? did you feel you really had some good straightforward relationship with them? >> i always felt i had a good straightf
but both in the united states and the united kingdom ultimately these decisions are taken by political leaders, by the president, by the prime minister and in the case of the united kingdom in this particular case, by the decision of the house of commons. >> yes. can i just ask -- 'cause you're in close touch from time to time with your exact opposite, donald rumsfeld, who was as it were the forward edge. did he understand our political constraints and conventions and the needs? >>...
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not to this united states senator. it seems to me that what common sense suggests is that we break up these large financial institutions so, a, that the american people are never again put in the position of having to bail them out because they're too big to fail. and second of all, that we begin to understand what teddy roosevelt understood 100 years ago, is that that concentration of ownership is dangerous for the economy. today you have four major banks who are writing -- who are providing two-thirds of the credit cards in this country. four major financial institutions, two-thirds of all the credit cards. you have four major financial institutions who are writing half the mortgages in america. that's wrong. break up the large financial institutions, as we've talked about all over the world. ben bernanke has the ability to begin to do that tomorrow. i've not heard one word from him to suggest that he will do that. madam president, the american people are angry. the american people are frustrated. and what they are a
not to this united states senator. it seems to me that what common sense suggests is that we break up these large financial institutions so, a, that the american people are never again put in the position of having to bail them out because they're too big to fail. and second of all, that we begin to understand what teddy roosevelt understood 100 years ago, is that that concentration of ownership is dangerous for the economy. today you have four major banks who are writing -- who are providing...
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we talked a lot about that today on the floor of the united states senate. this bill is fully paid for through offsets. so, madam president, i just urge my colleagues that as we look in the weeks ahead at what we'll call a jobs bill, a bill that will help put more americans to work, and i fully support that, that we follow the leadership of our president. the first thing he mentioned last night in his state of the union address is that we have got to pay attention to small businesses. well, i agree with the president, and i hope that a major part of our jobs bill will be provisions that will provide tax credits for new job hires, it will provide help for small businesses dealing with health insurance, it will increase the s.b.a. capacity to make loans to small businesses, and indeed will provide a new avenue for opening up credit to small businesses, putting a spotlight also on the banking community so they do more than they should to help small businesses grow so that we can create new jobs and grow our economy. that should be our first priority, and i pled
we talked a lot about that today on the floor of the united states senate. this bill is fully paid for through offsets. so, madam president, i just urge my colleagues that as we look in the weeks ahead at what we'll call a jobs bill, a bill that will help put more americans to work, and i fully support that, that we follow the leadership of our president. the first thing he mentioned last night in his state of the union address is that we have got to pay attention to small businesses. well, i...
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was in the japanese american war, so when he came back into the united states, it was tough. i mean, i probably as young as four or five, i really understood what racism really was all about. we had to move every ten months. >> did he first introduce you to this whole world of music, of instruments? >> really did. at five years old i had to start playing the piano, so i took piano lessons. i loved it. there were times when i didn't like it. i would rather be outplaying with my friends, but coming home from school i just had to sit down and practice. my real love was the violin. >> is music your first love? >> not only is it my first love, the music has given me the foundation for life. >> in what ways? >> i think every child, and i am glad you were one of my students. [ laughter ] >> don't tell anybody. >> i am really teaches you how to focus, teaches you how to organize t teaches you how to listen. it teaches you how to communicate. i really like the town. i like the countryside. it was just something that i never experienced before. >> can you explain your not just your pas
was in the japanese american war, so when he came back into the united states, it was tough. i mean, i probably as young as four or five, i really understood what racism really was all about. we had to move every ten months. >> did he first introduce you to this whole world of music, of instruments? >> really did. at five years old i had to start playing the piano, so i took piano lessons. i loved it. there were times when i didn't like it. i would rather be outplaying with my...
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its asian neighbors and the united states. this is about two hours. >> today we have with us admiral robert willard, a pacific command, honorable chip gregson, assistant secretary of defense for asian and pacific securities paris, and it david shear, deputy assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs and we welcome you gentlemen to the first hearing on before this committee. we are pleased you could join us today to testify on a recent security developments involving china. this is a very important -- i wished to welcome his wife, donna, who is sead the good adderall and we welcome you. if the admiral of missteps of it you just whisper in his. help him out. welcome. this is a very important and timely hearing. it's interesting to note that just this morning press reports indicate that google is contemplating pulling out of china which we may discuss a bit in our hearing. i stress the particles of dividends of developments in china to our national security. in recent years while we've been heavily focused on
its asian neighbors and the united states. this is about two hours. >> today we have with us admiral robert willard, a pacific command, honorable chip gregson, assistant secretary of defense for asian and pacific securities paris, and it david shear, deputy assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs and we welcome you gentlemen to the first hearing on before this committee. we are pleased you could join us today to testify on a recent security developments involving...
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states of being tried here in the united states. richard reed, the shoe bomber. this isn't as if it's the first time anything like this happened. and, of course, the rules are even though they are now proceeding in the civil courts, they can always draw back and drop into -- and fall into the category of war criminals if, in fact, the choice is made. just because they are going forward in this manner today doesn't mean they can't drop back in some other manner at some subsequent time. so -- and i would say, even though i don't like to discuss what went on in a closed briefing in a classified setting, i was there from the very beginning to the very end of mr. brennan's presentation, and i never heard him refuse to answer. in fact, he answered the question that was asked in a number of different ways by my friend, the republican leader, and another republican senator. so if there are any questions about anything that mr. brennan had to say, i would hope that those questions would be asked to him directly. we have had some open hearing
states of being tried here in the united states. richard reed, the shoe bomber. this isn't as if it's the first time anything like this happened. and, of course, the rules are even though they are now proceeding in the civil courts, they can always draw back and drop into -- and fall into the category of war criminals if, in fact, the choice is made. just because they are going forward in this manner today doesn't mean they can't drop back in some other manner at some subsequent time. so -- and...
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this is the united states of america. mr. chairman, and three policy changes for this policy to consider in the new authorization. first, we must agree upon a bold new vision and make the cultural shift in the way we do transportation. a vision the american public can invest in and believe in an includes passenger rail that connects america much like the eisenhower interstate highway system did. we must do it today. we must do today what our parents and their grandparents did for us. invest in a new vision. reform the current program and revolutionize the way we do transportation policy and funding. second, we must reduce the time it takes to deliver a rail project in this country. twenty years a new starts is just too long. we need to get our projects delivered in three to five years. this is not environmental streamlined as some like to call it. in this process delivery. agencies cannot just sit on projects. we do not need to create an oversight office. we just need to get the project now. we don't need to open up the need
this is the united states of america. mr. chairman, and three policy changes for this policy to consider in the new authorization. first, we must agree upon a bold new vision and make the cultural shift in the way we do transportation. a vision the american public can invest in and believe in an includes passenger rail that connects america much like the eisenhower interstate highway system did. we must do it today. we must do today what our parents and their grandparents did for us. invest in...
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states congress in the united states senate. mr. president, as senator chambliss said, judge martin comes from a long distinguished family of lawyers from middle georgia, and she comes to the bench with a balanced temperament and the evenhanded process that comes from growing up in middle georgia and having a respect for their fellow man around them. mr. president, i don't know judge martin and did not know judge martin until she was nominated, and i'm not an attorney so i didn't have a lot to fall back on when i made my first judgment. so i decided what i would do, what i always did in my 33 years of business, i figured you could always find out what was at the heart of someone by calling those that competed with them, other members of the same profession. so i called lawyers, judges, prosecutors around georgia, friends that i had, to say, listen, tell me what you know about judge beverly martin. and without exception, every response was positive. it was interesting, the one district attorney i talked to said, i like her becaus
states congress in the united states senate. mr. president, as senator chambliss said, judge martin comes from a long distinguished family of lawyers from middle georgia, and she comes to the bench with a balanced temperament and the evenhanded process that comes from growing up in middle georgia and having a respect for their fellow man around them. mr. president, i don't know judge martin and did not know judge martin until she was nominated, and i'm not an attorney so i didn't have a lot to...
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number one is we need to recognize people coming to the united states and traveling to the united states from overseas, this is a privilege not right so if we get information that people may pose a threat to the united states we put them on a no-fly list aires letter list and if they want to come here they have got to go further more for an in-depth interview. if the come here and they commit a crime, absolutely a terrorism act, charge them to the full extent, but put them through a military tribunal, take them out of the civilian courts. they do not deserve the rights and privileges are civilian court system provides. the third thing, and this is i think an important point that you make, is for americans who become traders, the molotky, the spokesperson for bin laden who is an american, the dc 52 left the u.s. sometime i think in november and went to pakistan to practice jihad, these individuals need to be treated as they traders that they are, and we have to accelerate and remove the barriers to dealing with these individuals, and then the fourth point the recommendation made to the pr
number one is we need to recognize people coming to the united states and traveling to the united states from overseas, this is a privilege not right so if we get information that people may pose a threat to the united states we put them on a no-fly list aires letter list and if they want to come here they have got to go further more for an in-depth interview. if the come here and they commit a crime, absolutely a terrorism act, charge them to the full extent, but put them through a military...
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states wants because the united states gets what they want. i'm a terrorist and all the united states citizens are terrorists. are you there? >> guest: i'm here. >> caller: go ahead. >> host: no, he's gone. >> guest: what i was pointing to is the -- is the political nature of this. i mean, cuba is a big issue especially in florida where i lived for a long time. and so, you know, it's something that, you know, is always going to add a few complications to something like this. i think the government -- the administration certainly looked at this and decided to go the safe route and add cuba in there. >> host: what's the difference between a terrorist watch list and a no-fly list? and why wouldn't they just put everybody on the terrorist list on the terrorist watch list on the no-fly list? >> guest: you know, that's a good question. i think there's been a lot of -- a lot of examination now of exactly what these different lists include. the way -- the way the government explains it is, there's a larger database, which has got 550,000 people on the
states wants because the united states gets what they want. i'm a terrorist and all the united states citizens are terrorists. are you there? >> guest: i'm here. >> caller: go ahead. >> host: no, he's gone. >> guest: what i was pointing to is the -- is the political nature of this. i mean, cuba is a big issue especially in florida where i lived for a long time. and so, you know, it's something that, you know, is always going to add a few complications to something like...
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united states leads in around the world. that we are not ten years from now seeing the kind of dark-market activity around the globe that has transpired here. instead, the united states, as the president says, learns from a teachable moment and leads the rest of the world on the types of markets and transparency that we expect. so i hope that the fed chairman will embrace this task of a more robust leadership, on the policies and regulation that need to be put into place to prevent another bubble and to helping immediately small businesses. i don't want to leave the american people with the thought that somehow wall street is more important than main street. that is not what sent us -- it's not what sent me to washington and it's not what sent my colleagues. so i hope that we will work in earnest as republicans and democrats to urge the administration and the fed to pass, to immediately adopt and implement a program to give community banks and small businesses the access to capital. one of the people, madam president, that i
united states leads in around the world. that we are not ten years from now seeing the kind of dark-market activity around the globe that has transpired here. instead, the united states, as the president says, learns from a teachable moment and leads the rest of the world on the types of markets and transparency that we expect. so i hope that the fed chairman will embrace this task of a more robust leadership, on the policies and regulation that need to be put into place to prevent another...
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no one has served that state in the united states senate longer than senator specter. so i congratulate my friend arlen specter on making this historic milestone, and it will make pennsylvania proud. he has -- no one that i served with in the senate has a better legal mind than arlen specter. we always look to him when there is a complex legal issue to come and give one of his renowned statements, and so i -- i'm sorry to hold everybody here, but i wanted this night not to go forward without saying about our friend, arlen specter. the presg oicer: the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the nomination is confirmed.the evious order, the motion is reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, the president shall be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate will resume legislative session.
no one has served that state in the united states senate longer than senator specter. so i congratulate my friend arlen specter on making this historic milestone, and it will make pennsylvania proud. he has -- no one that i served with in the senate has a better legal mind than arlen specter. we always look to him when there is a complex legal issue to come and give one of his renowned statements, and so i -- i'm sorry to hold everybody here, but i wanted this night not to go forward without...